The tank can crack. If memory serves, isn't the tank a 2 pc. design? Like the fill neck can be separated from the tank? Maybe a leak at that union? Maybe Bentley shows that detail? Maybe I've used too many "?'s"
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > I just filled mine. It's been a long time since I've needed to. I > noticed that after I put in some fluid -- more than a liter -- fluid > started dripping off the reservoir bottle on the underside of the car. > Is that thing vented to prevent overfilling and soaking the carpet? > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore.
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